The fresh red blood was frightening.
“Brother!”
Amanda was astounded. She dropped the food and water in her hand and hugged her brother immediately.
“Brother, what’s wrong with you? You don’t scare Amanda…”
Amanda leapt into the boy’s arms and wailed as she raised her hand to wipe the blood on his mouth.
However, the blood kept gushing out of the boy’s mouth no matter how she wiped it.
Jack was dumbfounded.
He leaned against the wall and he still offered his hand to hold the boy’s body even though his body was extremely weak at this moment.
Just because he knew that if he did not hold the boy, the boy might collapse directly.
But with this support, his fingers touched the back of the boy. Instead of feeling cold, he felt a sense of warmth and moisture.
Jack frowned as the warm moisture from his hand was like a sharp knife stabbing into his heart mercilessly.
“Boohoo…brother, brother…”
In the alley, Amanda’s heart-breaking sobs echoed sorrowfully and she was tearful.
She had just experienced the destruction of her village and the tragic death of her parents.
Now, she and her brother had just escaped. His brother was already in such a state before they could rely on each other. This was indeed a terrible disaster for a young child!
The boy leaned against the wall and his chest was rising as he took a deep breath in.
Looking at Amanda who was crying in front of him, the boy smiled and whimpered, “Amanda…doesn’t cry. Didn’t brother teach you that before?”
His mouth was filled with some blood, so his voice was slightly unclear.
While speaking, the boy slowly raised his right hand and stroked it on Amanda’s face.
But at this moment, he seemed to use up all his energy to raise his right hand slowly and heavily.
Amanda quickly raised her brother’s hand and put it on her own face.
“I want my brother, boohoo…I want my brother…”
Her lips trembled and her cries resounded.
At this moment, Amanda freaked out completely.
However, her hands were clenching the boy’s right hand, not willing to let go of it for a single moment.
“Amanda has already lost her parents. Amanda can’t lose her brother anymore…”
The boy was smiling, but the blood kept flowing out of his mouth.
The thumb of the right hand was gently wiping off the tears on Amanda’s face. There was a strong sense of heartbroken and affection in his eyes.
Immediately after that, he took a glance at Jack.
“These things, I…robbed them. I have no other way but to rob them.”
These words were answering Jack’s question just now.
But then, the boy sneered, “This damn world, it doesn’t even give me a chance to live…I hate it so much…”
He was nearly gritting his teeth.
It was even if the voice was slightly unclear due to the blood in his mouth.
However, Jack still heard the strong hatred in it.
Of course, how could anybody don’t hate it?
A ten-year-old child should enjoy their bright youth.
Nevertheless, he was experiencing the destruction of his village, the death of his parents and being sold to slavery. He even survived for his sister and was willing…to sacrifice his life.
Before he had the time to take a close look at this world, he already needed to return to where he had come from.
Just as Jack was shocked, a blood-stained hand landed on the back of his hand.
He lowered his head and looked at the boy’s left hand. He saw that the boy was still holding the biscuit that was stained with red blood.
It was then.
The boy slowly passed the blood-stained biscuit into Jack’s hand and pleaded Jack.
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